Click the “X” icon in the top-right corner of the incognito window. This will close the window and exit incognito mode. On mobile devices, the process is slightly different: Open your incognito tab by ...

Modern browsers' private modes offer limited privacy, deleting local history and cookies but not hiding activity from ISPs or ...

You undoubtedly know about your browser's incognito mode: a special browser state where the software doesn't keep track of your activities in quite as much detail ...

In November 2025, some Reddit users were shocked to find Google apparently had access to their private browsing sessions.

FILE - The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S.

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Also, if you log in to any online account, closing the Incognito window will destroy the cookie associated with that session. Therefore, the next person who sits behind the computer won’t be able to ...

Although a private browsing mode known as “Incognito" in Google's widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it works has cast new ...

Incognito mode has been around for so long that many believe it's a privacy tool. Going Incognito on Google Chrome feels like you're donning a trench coat, ball cap, and sunglasses, making you ...

The incognito or private mode found in most web browsers is back in the news, with Google updating its disclaimer to give users a better idea of exactly how this feature works. Whether you use Chrome ...

Google is finally having to make it clear that Chrome's Incognito mode does almost nothing. Image: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The description of Chrome’s Incognito mode will soon be changed to make it clear ...

What just happened? The fact that Chrome's incognito mode is pretty far from private is something most readers are aware of, but plenty of people think otherwise. That erroneous belief led to a ...